Rail-joint.



J. DZIATKIEWICZ.

RAILJOINT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. 1916.

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RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. 1916.

PatentedSept. 18, 1917.

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JACOB DZIATKIEWICZ, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

Application filed October 19, 1916. Serial No. 126,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB DZIATKIEWICZ, subject of the Emperor of Austria, and a resident of Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joint tastenings and has, as its principal object, the provision of means whereby the abutting ends of track rails may be held firmly in alined position.

Another object is to provide means whereby the joint plates are held in positively secure manner against the stems of the abutting rails, so that they cannot become loosened therefrom and, finally, to provide means combined with the joint plates which form a. metallic seat or saddle for the rail ends, the saddle being interposed between the base of the rails and the tie upon which the rails rest.

These objects are attained by the novel design and construction of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a fragmental perspective view of a railway track, showing the application of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a rail taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the combined-joint plate and rail seat,

Fig. at is a perspective view showing the form of bolt employed in the structure,

Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing the outer joint plate, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmental perspective view 01 the other joint plate.

In the drawings, the head of the rail is .indicated by the numeral 10, the stem 11',

and base 12, the rails being of the usual type used for such purposes, having near the ends openings for receiving bolts in the usual manner.

The invention is in the use of specially formed joint or fish plates, respectively 15 and 16, the form of which is a rectangular plate, its width being such as to agree with the height of the stem 11 of the rail and not to interfere with the beveled base or head of the rail.

In the plate 15 are formed a plurality of rectangular openings 17, adapted to receive the square element 18 of the bolt 19, having a threaded portion 20 adapted to receive the nut 21 by means of which the heads 22 of the bolt may be drawn tightly against the outer surface of the joint bar 15, the squared. portion 18 being held within the rectangular openings 17 so that the bolt can not turn in manipulating the nut.

On the opposite sideot the rail stem 11. is positioned the other joint plate 16, which is provided with circular openings 26 adapted to receive the shank of the bolt 19, the threaded portion passing readily therethrough. When this has been done, the nuts 21 may be tightened drawing the joint plates firmly against the sides of the rail stem and holding them tightly together. The nuts 21 are preferably made square and are suited to be received in the openings 28, formed in a vertical element 29, joined by an angularly disposed member 30, with the chair 31, upon which the bases 12 of the rails normally rest, the chair being provided with openings 32, receptive of the spikes 83, by which the structure is held to the tie 34:.

In operation, the joint plates having been firmly bolted in position and the nuts 21 turned and adjusted so as to be received within the openings 28, the chair or saddle 31 is applied so that the nuts are received within the openings 28, the chair being moved laterally below the base of the-rail and then secured by spiking, the heads of the spikes engaging with the base of the rail as well as passing through the openings in the chair, securing the entire structureto the ties.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the vertical element 29, absolutely prevents the nuts from becoming loosened and holds the bolt from failing to perform its expected functions, it being impossible to release the bolts except after the rail chair has been removed from its position below the rails.

Thus, both of the abutting rails are held in intimate relation to one another, both laterally and vertically, the ends of both resting on the seat 31, common to both.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to obtain by Letters Patent is 1. In. a rail oint, the combination with a pair of rigid joint plates adapted to be engaged upon. opposite sides of the rail stems, one of said joint plates having a plurality oi rectangular openings, bolts having a part suited to said rectangular openings, nuts suited to said bolts whereby said joint plates may be clamped against the sides of the rail stems, a rigid seat upon which the abutting ends of the rails may rest, and means formed with said seat operatively engageable with said nuts, by which they are prevented from loosening.

in a rail oint, the combination with a seat element upon which the ends of abutting rails are adapted to rest, said seat element having a rigid vertical portion provided with rectangular perforations, a pair or joint plates, one of said plates also having rectangular perforations, corresponding circular ,perforations being formed in the other oi? said jointeplates, a bolt having a part fitted to the rectangular openings in orfe of the mentioned joint plates and passing through the other, the head of said bolt resting upon the exterior of said joint plate, a nut suited to said bolt whereby said joint plates may be clamped tightly against the sides oi the rail, said nuts being receivable within the perforations or the mentioned Vertical element of the seat, and means for securing said seat to its support.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York this twenty-third day of September, 1916.

JACOB DZL TKIEWIGZ.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

